The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

37th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee

Draft agenda and programme

CONVENTION ON WETLANDS (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) 37th Meeting of the Standing Committee Gland, Switzerland, 2-6 June 2008

DOC. SC37-agenda

• DRxx: Establishment and operations of the Management Working Group Transition Committee (DOC. SC37-1) [DRxx = Draft Resolution
• Legal status of the Secretariat (DOC. SC37-2)
• DRxx: Facilitating the operations of the Ramsar Secretariat (DOC. SC37-3)
• DRxx: The Frequency and timing of the meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP) (DOC. SC37-4)
• Future Secretariat structure and staffing (DOC. SC37-5)

• 2008 audited accounts (DOC. SC37-6)
• DRxx: Financial and budgetary matters (DOC. SC37-7)
• DRxx: Regional initiatives operating within the framework of the Convention (DOC. SC37-8)
• DRxx: The Ramsar Small Grants Fund and revised Operational Guidelines for 2009-2011 (DOC. SC37-9)

Selection of Ramsar Award/Evian Special Award laureates

a) Chair of the Standing Committee, Paul Mafabi, Uganda
b) Director General of IUCN, Julia Marton-Lefevre
c) The five International Organization Partners (delivery by one IOP representative)
d) Secretary General, Anada Tiega

4.1 Reports of the Chair of the Subgroup on COP10, Chair of Standing Committee, and Secretary General

5.1 DRxx: Establishment and operations of the Management Working Group Transition Committee (DOC. SC37-1)
5.2 Legal status of the Secretariat (DOC. SC37-2) and DRxx: Facilitating the operations of the Ramsar Secretariat (DOC. SC37-3)
5.3 DRxx: The Frequency and timing of the meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP) (DOC. SC37-4)
5.4 Future Secretariat structure and staffing (DOC. SC37-5)

6.1 Report of the Subgroup on Finance
6.2 DRxx: Financial and budgetary matters (DOC. SC37-7)
6.3 DRxx: Regional initiatives operating within the framework of the Convention (DOC. SC37-8)
6.4 DRxx: The Ramsar Small Grants Fund and revised Operational Guidelines for 2009-2011 (DOC. SC37-9)

7.1 DR xx: The Convention's Strategic Plan 2009-2014 (DOC. SC37-10)
7.2 DR xx: The Convention's CEPA Programme 2009-2014 (DOC. SC37-11)
7.3 DR xx: Refinement of the modus operandi of the STRP (DOC. SC37-12)
7.4 DR xx: Synergies with other MEAs and international organisations (DOC. SC37-13)
7.5 DR xx: The status of sites in the Ramsar List (DOC. SC37-14)
7.6 DR xx: The "Changwon Declaration" (DOC. SC37-15)
7.7 Wetlands and extractive industries - possible elements of a COP10 DR (DOC. SC37-16)
7.8 Review of past COP decisions - options for provision of information to COP10 (DOC. SC37-17)

8.1 DRxx: Data and information needs for management of wetlands, including Ramsar sites (DOC. SC37-18)
8.2 DRxx: Describing wetland ecological character, and data needs and formats for core inventory: harmonized scientific and technical guidance (DOC. SC37-19)
8.3 DRxx: Detecting, reporting and responding to change in ecological character: scientific and technical guidance (DOC. SC37-20)
8.4 DRxx: Indicators of effectiveness of the implementation of the Convention: scientific and technical guidance (DOC. SC37-21)
8.5 DRxx: Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment": updated scientific and technical guidance (DOC. SC37-22)
8.6 DRxx: The application of response options from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) within the Ramsar Wise Use Toolkit (DOC. SC37-23)
8.7 DRxx: Wetlands and river basin management: consolidated scientific and technical guidance (DOC. SC37-24)
8.8 DRxx: Biogeographic regionalization schemes for Ramsar site designation: supplementary scientific and technical guidance (DOC. SC37-25)

8.9 DRxx: Wetlands and human health (DOC. SC37-26)
8.10 DRxx: Wetlands and climate change (DOC. SC37-27)
8.11 DRxx: Wetlands and "biofuels" (DOC. SC37-28)
8.12 DRxx: Promoting international cooperation for the conservation of waterbird flyways (DOC. SC37-29)
8.13 DRxx: Future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention (DOC. SC37-30)
8.14 DRxx: The conservation and management of urban wetlands (DOC. SC37-31)
8.15 DRxx: Wetlands and poverty reduction (DOC. SC37-32)

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Posted 20 March 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.